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To: Steven G Kargl <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
cc: julian@tfs.com, phk@ref.tfs.com, fbsd@clem.systemsix.com,
        hackers@FreeBSD.org, moto@CS.cmu.edu, tinguely@plains.nodak.edu
Subject: Re: Problems with 2940 and 950210snap 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Mar 95 09:40:38 PST."
             <199503211740.JAA14482@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 11:27:12 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> Actually, there are three tape commands mt, st, and ft.  If st is
> eliminated on historical grounds, then ft should also suffer the same
> fate.

Wrong.  mt & st are control commands.  ft should vanish into the device
driver itself.

					Jordan